HP Printers - SNMP Public Access udp

[bdushok () luzerne edu]

I'm new to Snort and have been tweaking my configuration for the past 
couple of weeks.  I've been noticing a LOT of "SNMP Public Access udp" 
alerts being generated.  They appear to be caused by clients (appear to be 
Win2K) connecting to HP Printers containing Jet Direct cards.  I was 
considering writing pass rules to avoid these alerts, but am wondering if 
that's a good idea.  Has anyone seen this sort of network activity?  Does 
it indicate something configured incorrectly either on the client or with 
the Jet Direct unit?

Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

Thanks,
Bob